The one thing I can't remember is how did Red come to know the black guy in the cowboy hat?

My only beef was there were a few "seriously?" moments that always nag at me, like when main characters hubby tells the spy girl to call his wife. Based on what Cowboy dude said, no way in HECK I'd turn my back on the dude like she did. That and the Cowboy dudes attempt to capture that girl for Red, I mean really, he didn't think he'd get noticed?

Other than that, I'm liking the new twists and turns they are offering up so far.

Which, of course, suggests that whatever it is that connects Lizzie and Red, the people who planted TimTom with her know about it. Or else there'd be no logical* reason for him to know who Red is

Not necessarily. The primary mission could be about Lizzie and not be directly connected to Red. But Red has a lot of people who know him and a lot of people who do not like him, so it could be that he just hates Red for some "normal" reason, unrelated to the Lizzie mission.

Can someone explain the last scene where Red is watching the ballerinas (which he sponsors) and the flashback to 1987 watching the single 10 yr. old ballerina? Is that a memory of his daughter?

Yes. Earlier in the show the star ballerina mentioned to one of the other dancers that there was a story going around that the donor's (Red's) daughter once danced either in Swan Lake or with that troupe - I forget which.

Do you think the interview be better if say Carson was doing the interview?

Interesting from a Carson interviews much younger Spader about his role in newly released Stargate movie perspective, or interesting in a Carson comes back from the grave and interviewing Spader is the most important thing he can think of to do perspective?

Red should have had Cowboy investigate the building they were coming out of before he decided to have Cowboy take the lady.

Thought it was unbelievable that the bad guy could accurately shoot Ressler's wife/girlfriend while struggling. Should have had her shot while driving, would have been more believable.

Ressler mentioned he was just months out of the hospital yet he doesn't limp, can run and fight like the injury never happened.

Might have been a few other things...

Yeah, I noticed a few episodes back that Ressler seems to have made a remarkable recovery. As in beggars belief.

I think the girlfriend getting shot wasn't markmanship, just gun goes off during struggle and she was stupid enough to get out of vehicle and get near guy with gun, but didn't she get her head banged against the window when their vehicle first got bumped? Why doesn't he worry about whether she's alright or try to drive away to get her to safety instead of just leaving her, a possibly injured civilian, there and going after the bad guy on foot?